Sold Ceramics - Sold Delft Faience 1640-1730 / Other Earthenware - Delft Faience 1640-1730 - Page 1

Object 2010598

Dish

Dutch (Delft)

c.1700

Height 43 mm (1.69 inch), diameter of rim 245 mm (9.65 inch), diameter of footring 115 mm (4.53 inch)

Earthenware dish on footring with a flat rim. The footring has been pierced. Decorated in different shades of blue on a white tin glaze in Chinese kraak style with a flower basket, filled with a flowering peony and chrysanthemum plants encircled by an eight pointed scalloped medallion. On the sides and rim large panels filled with sunflowers and symbols and narrow panels filled with dots. On the reverse three circles and asterisks.

The footring has been pierced in order to fit a wire through it - the traditional Dutch way to hang dishes on walls as display pieces. This dish is decorated in a way Chinese kraak porcelain of the 2nd quarter of the 17th century was decorated. It was made at the end of the 17th century, begin 18th century when Chinese originals could no longer be obtained. (Rinaldi 1989, p.137)

For a similarly decorated original Chinese "Kraak" dish, please see:

Sold Ceramics - Sold Kraak Porcelain wasres 1570-1645 - Dishes - Page 1 - Object 2010203.

Condition: Two hairlines to the rim, a chip to the pierced hole in the footring, a glaze firing flaw (wrinkled) to the reversel and an overall rough rim.

Reference:

Rinaldi 1989, p.137

Price: Sold.